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Battle on to find supreme iwi – there can be only one!
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 7:07 pm | UNITEC
The countdown is on in the lead-up to one of Auckland’s largest Māori sporting events – the Iwi of Origin – which will be held this Saturday 19 October at Unitec’s Mt Albert campus. More >>
Festival to host Booker prize winner Eleanor Catton
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 6:11 pm | New Zealand Festival
The New Zealand Festival is delighted to announce that Eleanor Catton, today named the youngest ever winner of the Man Booker Prize for her outstanding novel, The Luminaries , will participate in Writers Week in Wellington in March 2014. More >>
‘Health for Humanity’ Yogathon 2013 has begun
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 6:00 pm | Hindu Council of New Zealand
Hon Todd McClay, Associate Minister of Health opened community driven, ‘Health for Humanity’ project, Yogathon 2013 at the Rotorua Deepawali festival on Saturday 12th October. More >>
Art in the Countryside – New Exhibition
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 5:56 pm | Red Barn Gallery
On Sunday October 20, just fifty minutes from Auckland, the Red Barn Gallery will host the third series of a group exhibition titled ‘Off the Main Road.’ More >>
Booker win can inspire others, says National Librarian
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 5:53 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The success of Man Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton should inspire aspiring writers of all ages to start writing the next great New Zealand novel, says National Librarian Bill Macnaught. More >>
Andre Hemer exhibition opening next Wednesday
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 5:41 pm | Bartley and Company Art
Bartley + Company Art is very pleased to present Andre Hemer’s fourth solo exhibition in the gallery. Working within an ever-evolving field of investigation, Hemer is constantly inventive in his exploration of how the ancient art of painting speaks ... More >>
Kiwi Karters Cross Tasman for New One-Day Event
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 5:24 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Title-winning Kiwi karters Aaron Marr from Wanganui and Callum Hedge from the Bay of Plenty cross the Tasman this week to compete in a brand new one-day event, the Coates Hire Race of Stars in south-east Queensland on Saturday. More >>
Havelock North Football Club announces fundraiser
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 4:28 pm | HNWAFC
Havelock North Wanderers Football Club, the largest club in Hawke’s Bay, is announcing plans to increase the size of the Club rooms and the grounds. On Friday 25th October the Club is delighted to host some of the Wellington Phoenix players who will be ... More >>
Oceania Pitch Tahiti / call for entries
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 4:21 pm | Oceania Pitch
Just a quick reminder that Oceania Pitch is still waiting for promising pacific documentary film projects that we can boost into international co-production.Deadline for submissions - 11th of November 2013. More >>
Royal New Zealand Ballet announces 2014 line up
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 4:08 pm | Royal New Zealand Ballet
The Royal New Zealand Ballet today announced the company’s 2014 season, opening in January with performances in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Minneapolis and New York. Following the US tour, the RNZB will present three New Zealand tours, with a total ... More >>
Vincent Ward’s The Navigator to Screen at The Film Archive
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 4:05 pm | New Zealand Film Archive
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988) is an absorbing story that links medieval fears and fortunes to our times, while confirming Vincent Ward as an original talent. More >>
Rumours - The new single from Pieter T
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 4:04 pm | Pieter T
'Rumours' is fast becoming a favourite with Pieter T's fans with the release of his second album 'Completion' in 2013. More >>
Innovation in arts attracts NZ On Air support
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 3:55 pm | NZ On Air
Five boundary-pushing digital media projects that between them will make history and street art accessible, develop young story-tellers, and entertain children, have been selected for funding from NZ On Air’s Ignite Digital Media Fund. More >>
NZ Writers Celebrate Eleanor Catton’s Great Literary Success
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 3:49 pm | New Zealand Society of Authors
New Zealand writers are thrilled by novelist Eleanor Catton’s winning of the 2013 Man Booker Prize. More >>
Whibley’s Back with a Vengeance
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 3:38 pm | Bikesport NZ
The 34-year-old former Manawatu forestry worker, affectionately dubbed “The Axeman” on the motorcycling scene, won two major cross-country titles in the US last season, clinching the Grand National Cross-country Championships (GNCC) and the Off-Road ... More >>
The Sounds of Summer returns Feb 1 with new venue
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 3:36 pm | Highlife Entertainment
The Sounds of Summer will be returning on Saturday February 1st 2014 with a completely reworked event at a fresh new venue! More >>
One man band leads Pasifika concert
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 3:35 pm | Massey University
Pasifika music coordinator at Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music, Opeloge Ah Sam, has a pivotal role at this weekend’s “We are Pasifika” concert marking 20 years of the Manukau Symphony Orchestra. More >>
Starship Mural Campaign: Kids Reveal What Makes Them Happy
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 3:34 pm | Mercury Energy
Nearly 500 children have participated in a Mercury Energy mural campaign designed to brighten up the walls of Starship Children’s Hospital. More >>
Congratulations to Laureate-Winning Filmmakers
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 3:30 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
The New Zealand Film Commission congratulates filmmakers Jane Campion and Dean Parker, winners at the 2013 Macquaurie Private Wealth New Zealand Arts Awards. The Laureate Awards recognise the excellence achieved in their fields and support their outstanding ... More >>
The Arts Foundation Honours 14 of New Zealand’s Best
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 3:23 pm | The Arts Foundation
Tonight 14 artists were recognized and presented with a share of $400,000, at this year’s Macquarie Private Wealth New Zealand Arts Awards. The 2013 recipients, representing a range of artistic disciplines, are at different stages in their careers and two ... More >>
University of Auckland congratulates Eleanor Catton
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 2:58 pm | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland congratulates novelist Eleanor Catton for winning the Man Booker prize for her novel The Luminaries at a ceremony in London today. More >>
Kiwis Team to Play Cook Islands Named
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 2:26 pm | New Zealand Rugby League
The following team has been named to play the Cook Islands in a warm up game before the Rugby League World Cup. To be played at Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster on October 20, 2013, it will screen live on SKY in New Zealand from 2.45am on Monday October ... More >>
Top Jazz Performer Drums Up a Storm
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 2:17 pm | Brooke Tietjens
The best jazz drummers in the world tend to be those who’ve enjoyed a great deal of success playing in an orchestra. But here in New Zealand there’s only one working big band – the Rodger Fox Wellington Jazz Orchestra – and only one spot in it ... More >>
Lopdell House Gallery Newsletter - October
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 2:11 pm | Lopdell House Art Gallery
The Portage Ceramic Awards 2013 Silo Park, Auckland Waterfront. Open 10am - 6pm daily and 10am - 7pm Fri & Sat. Last few days! Exhibition finishes 20 October More >>
The Menagerie: a collection of the unique and talented
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 12:59 pm | Rachel Rouge
A new variety show is starting up in Wellington. Every two months, residents of the capital will be treated to a hand-picked selection of performers at The Menagerie in The Fringe Bar's new location on Allen Street. More >>
Lightfoot eager to get back to Hampton Downs
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 12:48 pm | Lightfoot Motorsport
Mike ‘Buzz’ Lightfoot is eager to get back on track for the penultimate round of the 2013 UDC V8 Ute series at Hampton Downs raceway this weekend. More >>
What’s happening to our coastline?
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 12:43 pm | NZ Coastal Society
Ask the New Zealand Coastal Society! The organisation that is keen to promote understanding of the coastal zone is holding their national conference in Hokitika. Fairly pertinent really, since recent relentless sea and wave action is seeing urgent action being ... More >>
UC graduate wrote Booker Prize chapters two years ago
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 12:40 pm | University of Canterbury
UC graduate wrote Booker Prize chapters while UC’s Writer in Residence two years ago More >>
City Choir Dunedin concert marks 150 years
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 12:31 pm | City Choir Dunedin
City Choir Dunedin celebrates its 150th anniversary this year with a massive choir and orchestral concert on Sunday, October 27, at Dunedin Town Hall, starting at 5.30pm. More >>
Sir Graham Henry Campaigns to Keep Kiwi Alive
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 12:27 pm | Kiwis for Kiwi
With more than 27 kiwi killed each week by predators, the country’s first Save Kiwi Week is an urgent shout for help to save our national icon. More >>
Enlivening the public face of architecture
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 12:24 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
The potential for buildings to be as dynamic as the human and environmental systems surrounding them is a potential game changer, according to Victoria University of Wellington Professor Jules Moloney. More >>
Congratulations to Eleanor Catton
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 12:17 pm | Michael King Writers' Centre
The Michael King Writers’ Centre joins the New Zealand literary and book community in congratulating Eleanor Catton for winning the 2013 Man Booker Prize for Literature for her novel The Luminaries . More >>
Writers' fates in readers' hands
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 12:10 pm | NS Society Of Authors
For the next month readers will have the unique opportunity to help decide which two books they'd most like to see published, thanks to the 2013 Kobo/NZ Authors E-Publishing Prize. More >>
Manukau Institute of Technology applauds Eleanor Catton
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 11:53 am | Manukau Institute of Technology
New Zealander writer Eleanor Catton has been named the winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction for her novel “The Luminaries” (Granta/VUP). Catton lectures in Creative Writing at the Manukau Institute of Technology in Auckland. More >>
Māori book award winners announced
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 11:46 am | Massey University
The book version of the movie White Lies: Tuakiri Huna that was submitted as New Zealand’s best foreign language entry for the 86th Academy Awards has been chosen as a winner in the fifth annual Māori book awards. More >>
Gibson ready to take on Asia-Pacific rivals
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 11:39 am | Motorsport New Zealand
Young V8 driver Mark Gibson has been selected to attend the Asia-Pacific selection event for the FIA Institute’s 2013 Young Driver Excellence Academy next week. More >>
The Block NZ teams up with KidsCan
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 10:10 am | KidsCan
The Block NZ has been one of this winter’s top-rating television programmes, generating strong public interest and support for the four competing teams. This weekend, the homes are being opened up for public viewing on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 October ... More >>
Victoria University graduate wins Man Booker Prize
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 10:03 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University congratulates graduate Eleanor Catton whose novel The Luminaries has won the prestigious Man Booker Prize 2013 announced this morning. More >>
Equestrian Sports New Zealand Statement on Drug Test
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 9:13 am | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
Equestrian Sports New Zealand (ESNZ) has received notification from the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) of a prohibited substance in a blood sample taken from Clifton Promise, the horse ridden by Jonathan (Jock) Paget to victory at the Burghley ... More >>
2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards – The Winners
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 11:35 pm | APRA - AMCOS
APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association) is proud to announce the winners of the 48th annual Silver Scroll Awards. More >>
PM Starts Inaugural Trans-Tasman Sports Race for Charity
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 5:13 pm | Halberg Disability Sport Foundation
Prime Minister John Key triggered the start of the inaugural ANZA Challenge at the steps of Parliament today, sending off teams of sporting celebrities representing New Zealand and Australia on a gruelling 1,300km, six day race around the country ... More >>
GRAD FEST 2013 presents: Balm in Gilead
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 4:51 pm | UNITEC
Balm in Gilead has been best described as Lanford Wilson's documentary homage to the lower depths of New York's Upper West side. Written in 1965, it is less a story, than a collection of characters, caught in a coffee shop, while the world revolves ... More >>
Auckland Theatre Company OPEN DAY
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 4:44 pm | Auckland Theatre Company
Come on in to Auckland Theatre Company’s home on Dominion Road. Meet the team and see what we do! More >>
Movember: Men of the match
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 4:15 pm | Cancer Society New Zealand
Veteran sports commentator, John McBeth, would love to see the recent All Black victory over South Africa result in better health for Kiwi men. More >>
Never Forget: October 15th solidarity tour
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 3:50 pm | Kirsten Wong
A day of discussion and a night of hip hop, spoken word and inspired sounds, mark the sixth anniversary of the October 15 raids. Police arrested 20 people in connection with the Operation 8 raids, initiated in response to suspected “terrorist threats” ... More >>
Massive field ready for ASKO One Hour Race Series
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 3:43 pm | South Island Endurance Racing Drivers Club
There is still plenty to play for as the ASKO One Hour Race Series heads into its third & penultimate round at Levels Raceway, Timaru this Saturday with another capacity field set to take the starters flag. More >>
NZRL National Competition 2013 - Results Round Seven
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 3:40 pm | New Zealand Rugby League
Auckland, NZ, October 14, 2013 – This Monday night featured the final round robin match of the Pirtek National Premiership and the third and final game in the Women’s rugby league series played between Akarana and Counties Manukau. More >>
Maori repatriation ceremony - University of Birmingham
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 3:28 pm | University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham has discovered a collection of Toi moko (preserved Mäori tattooed heads) which it wishes to reunite with the Maori people. University representatives made contact with cultural organisations in New Zealand to begin the process of repatriating ... More >>
The Witching Hours
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 3:24 pm | my accomplice theatre
Acclaimed theatre company My Accomplice, fresh from their recent smash successes with the award-winning fringe hit A Play About Space and the sell-out sensation Joseph K , aren't resting on their laurels. This month they launch The Witching Hours , ... More >>
Hastings PAK’NSAVE Edible Fashion Awards date announced
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 3:04 pm | PAK n SAVE Edible Fashion Awards
The theme for this year’s Hastings PAK’nSAVE Edible Fashion Awards is ‘Going Global’ and will be held on May 31st 2014. More >>
Hot action expected for penultimate ASKO Endurance Series
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 2:45 pm | South Island Endurance Racing Drivers Club
There is no let up for competitors in the 2013 ASKO Endurance Series as teams tackle their third round in 5 weeks as the Series hits Timaru’s tight and technical Levels Raceway this Saturday, with the makings of another great days racing as teams chase ... More >>
Creative Inspiring Stories
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 2:39 pm | Inspiring Stories Trust
A stop motion animation about cleaner dairying by 12-year-old Sarah Ridsdale from Palmerston North has won this year’s Inspiring Stories creativity & culture award, proudly supported by The Big Idea. We hear from Sarah and the other finalists in ... More >>
Silver Ferns team to play against Malawi Queens
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 1:21 pm | Netball New Zealand
Netball New Zealand National Selectors are pleased to announce the Silver Ferns team to play the Malawi Queens at the end of the month as part of the New World Netball Series. More >>
Broadcasting House (1963 - 1997) Film Screening
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 11:45 am | The Film Archive
A film programme commemorating the 50th anniversary of the opening of Broadcasting House – a hub for New Zealand radio during the second half of the 20th century. The films look back on Broadcasting House’s rich history, from its opening in 1963, ... More >>
Birthright Christchurch celebrates 50 years
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 11:38 am | Birthright
This week Birthright Christchurch celebrates 50 years of supporting single parents to raise their children. More >>
Joseph Parker's Fight Plan
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 11:11 am | Hydr8 ZERO
JOSEPH Parker’s return to boxing will be the toughest assignment of his career – a March date with former South American champion George Arias. More >>
Sovereign takes principal partner role with Child Matters
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 11:05 am | Child Matters
Child Matters today announced Sovereign New Zealand as the principal partner for its annual Buddy Day, New Zealand’s only community event aimed at raising awareness and starting conversations about the role every adult plays in preventing child abuse. More >>
Southland businesses called to action
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 11:03 am | Sport Southland
The 2013 BNZ Workplace Challenge starts on November 4 and is a four week challenge encouraging staff at businesses Southland-wide to get active. Teams of five count their minutes of physical activity each week from November 4 to December 1, logging ... More >>
Auckland newcomer scoops “Emerging Speaker” national award
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 10:35 am | Lisa Williams PR
An Auckland woman has won the prestigious BrightStar “Emerging Speaker” award at the National Speakers Association annual gala function. More >>
Revolve Cycling Club Newsletter
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 10:34 am | Revolve Cycling
It wouldn't be green in Wellington without all this rain! A huge congrats to all the councilours (heaps of new greeny faces!) and welcome back to Celia Wade Brown. There was a huge effort by the Love Cycling Campagin...and it looks like it really ... More >>
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